3PM Hour – Premier in studio and commuter rail long overdue

By News Staff

Posted Aug 26, 2011 03:41:07 PM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

Shipbuilding, Muskrat Falls, NewPage closing, power rates and the recent passing of federal NDP leader Jack Layton. It’s been a busy summer for Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter – he’s in our studio for our first half hour. Nova Scotia Liberal leader Stephen McNeil chats power rates with us. Bedford councillor Tim Outhit says we should take the $20 million pegged for widening Bayers Road and put it towards a commuter rail. Call me crazy but doesn’t that just make sense?

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